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Quotes that speak straight to you.

This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.

Last Updated on Nov 07, 2020

Street
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Nov 07, 2020

When you see another tall woman on the street, you nod, sort of like Orthodox Jews.

Nov 07, 2020

People always like people, you know?

Nov 07, 2020

You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corp because of something that I said or did.

Work
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Nov 07, 2020

You didn't have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything in your factory and hire someone to protect against this because of the work the rest of us did.

Mind
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Nov 07, 2020

You get very possessive about characters, you feel you can see it in your mind and you want to play it.

World
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Nov 07, 2020

What's in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first.

Nov 07, 2020

You know, the process of making a documentary is one of discovery, and like writing a story, you follow a lead and that leads you to something else and then by the time you finish, the story is nothing like you expected.

Nov 07, 2020

In dialogue scenes, my favorite moments are when people aren't talking because you can cut to the heart of the matter much more quickly, often with a look. People hide things in words. When you don't have words to hide things in, it becomes much more direct and much more immediate of a connection.

Nov 07, 2020

Most disability charity hinges on that notion - that you need to send your money in quick before all these poor, pitiful people die. Peddling pity brings in the bucks, yo.

Nov 07, 2020

When you look at the number of satellites, what they're doing and what they represent, it is really a vision of trying to have the world in your clutches.

Nov 07, 2020

If you happen to be in an environment where people are not accepting of who you are, you just need to know that's not always the way it will be.

Nov 07, 2020

Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your personality comes into play.

Nov 07, 2020

Most people, when they think about going into medicine, they think they have to give up their lives, and I was the prime example that you didn't need to do that.

Nov 07, 2020

Rod Carew told me once that for those that know you, no explanation is necessary, and for those that don't know you, none is possible. That's the philosophy I live by.

Night
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Nov 07, 2020

On the night before a triathlon, I normally eat something simple like a pizza. You know where you stand with pizza. It's not going to upset you or give you food poisoning, and it contains carbohydrates and a bit of salt, which is perfect before a triathlon.

Never
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Nov 07, 2020

The Flash could do everything twice as fast. Except you never saw him think twice as fast or speak twice as fast. Could he do math faster than the other superheroes? Could he compute the tip for the bill twice as fast?

Positive
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Nov 07, 2020

I always try to see it in positive way, like, you know what, the people that are expecting so much about of me know I can do it and believe in me. So I just kind of think about it like that. And it makes me feel a little better.

Job
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Nov 07, 2020

I've been an actor since I was 18. So that's my proper job. But I was not a very successful actor, if you consider being able to afford your rent successful. I did lots of old people's tours; reminiscence tours.

Nov 07, 2020

In fact, if you look upon the situation today, there is great division in the world and we have failed to capitalize on that unity to finish the job in Afghanistan and against al Qaeda.

Nov 07, 2020

I think sometimes bad behaviour can be liberating for certain people. They need to behave badly to find themselves - to go off path to find their path. You see it with kids all the time: They're testing boundaries, and I think that's healthy.

Some entries trace how writers describe characters who feel more alive than the people around them, while others explore the quiet unease of being tracked and observed in everyday life. Pair this page with Life Quotes or Love Quotes for more reflective reading.

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